HP2220 printer - does not use global settings

[Steven Stern]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On 7/10/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> 
>>Kam Leo wrote:
>>
>>>On 7/9/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kam Leo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 7/9/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>In FC4, I used system-config-printer to set up my HP 2220 printer.  In
>>>>>>the printer properties, print quality is set to "draft". However, when
>>>>>>printing from any application, it prints out at the "normal" print quality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Should I be using a different driver than the one presented by
>>>>>>system-config-printer or should I be setting up the printer in some
>>>>>>other way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Put http://localhost:631 in the location bar of your browser and check
>>>>>the CUPS web printer administration utility to see if you have
>>>>>conflicting settings.  If the HP 2220 is using a USB port you may need
>>>>>to disable the cups-config-daemon service from running on all levels.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It shows up in CUPS as I've configured it via s-c-p.  If I disable CUPS,
>>>>what tools do I use to manager the 3 printers I'm connected to?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I did not and do not recommend disabling CUPS.  What I suggested was
>>>that you disable the cups-config-deamon service which is a utility tha
>>>loads at run levels 3-5 and scans the dbus for new hardward.  Follow
>>>this link, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L301 , and read about
>>>cups-config-daemon.
>>>
>>
>>Thanks. I tried that and it still prints in a high quality mode, despite
>>the global settings.
>>
> 
> 
> After you disabled cups-config-daemon did you go into
> system-config-printer select your printer, change the print quality
> settigs, and click on "Apply"?  If not, try it again because the 
> settings provided by cups-config-daemon will still be in effect until
> after you do.  By the way,   check system-config-services and make
> sure that cups-config-daemon is not set to run at levels 3 and 4.
> 

Did all that and rebooted as well to make sure X reloaded.